Improvement in the methods of laying off shoe-uppers



C. GLANVILLE. Methods of' Laying 01f Shoe-uppers.

Patented oct. 28,1873.

o NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CONRAD GLANVILLE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 144,087, dated October28, 1873 application filed August 13, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CONRAD GLANVILLE, of San Francisco city and county,State of California, have invented an Improved Pattern or Mode forShoe-Top; and I do hereby declare the following description andaccompanying drawings are sufficient to enable any person skilled in theart or science to which it most nearly appertains to make and use mysaid invention or improvement without further invention or experiment.

My invention relates to an improvement in the patterns or modes whichare used in cutting out the tops of ladies shoes. My invention consistsin providing a pattern for this purpose, bymeans of which at leastone-quarter can be cut in the width of the cloth more than by the oldpattern, thus eflectinga saving of -material. This I do by cutting outthe pieces with tops and bottoms on' the same line, and slightlyaltering the conformation of the heel portion, as is more specificallyhereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents my pattern as appliedin marking out the tops across the width of a piece of lasting or serge.Fig. 2 shows the heelfoxing of the shoe applied to the upper.

A is the pattern. The front edge b c is made in the same form as the oldpattern. The rear edge (I e is also made in the same form as the oldpattern; but the edge from c to f is made so as to provide as littleprojection as possible at c-that is, the projection is reduced by curv=ing the edge cf upward from its middle, so as to unite the two edges atan angle farther to ward the top of the pattern, thus approximat ing theform of the rear edges (1 e f to the form of the front edge I) 0, sothat in marking out the patterns the front edge I) 0 will fit closely,and with little waste, to the line marked for the back edges in theprevious cut, as shown i at Fig.2. The heel-foxing H is made of leather,

and has its upper edge formed to overlap the edge e f, thus providing aneconomical pattern for forming the top and counter of a ladys shoe.

I am aware that shoe-uppers have been heretofore cut with the lines ofone piece contiguous to the lines of another piece but these show thepattern requiring the alternate pieces to be inverted in relation to theothers.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The within-described pattern or method of cutting uppers for shoes, inwhich the rear edges of one piece are laid off against the front edge ofthe next, and the tops all laid in the same line, as set forth.

. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal.

CONRAD GLANVILLE. [L. s.] Witnesses:

G130. E. DAVIS, J. L. Boonn.

